'Ghost car' emerges from Queensland storm foam

Peculiar footage from the Queensland beachfront shows the "ghost car" suddenly emerge, much to the surprise of all bystanders, from a blanket of sea foam that has been swept ashore by a tropical cyclone in the area.

Local man Michael Bell captured the astonishing video after taking his sister to the seafront to see the natural phenonemon.

After posting the clip on Facebook, Mr Bell soon had a viral hit on his hands.

Interviewed by news.com.au, he said: "It was unbelievable. We walked down there just as they were closing the road. That car was probably parked under the foam and they'd had to drive it out."

"We just thought the bus was pushing a wave of foam – we didn't even know the car was there," he said. "It was a shock to everyone. Luckily the police officers managed to get out of the way. I showed the footage to the two officers and the one who pushed the other out of the way thought he was pretty famous."